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brzezinski continues to argue forcibly why it matters. in his words, the cumulative effect of such widespread ignorance takes the public more susceptible to demagogic leg stimulated fear especially when aroused by a terrorist attack. that in turn increases the probability of self-destructive foreign-policy initiatives. in general, public ignorance creates an american political environment more hospitable to extremist simplifications. in an interview about this book on cbs brzezinski made it clear that what he had in mind were the wars in iraq and afghanistan and the alarming drumbeat for a war in iran. as he summed it up in a conversation with charlie rose brzezinski seemed to be channeling his jefferson and plato by saying, we can't have an intelligent foreign-policy unless we have intelligent people. while i totally agree i would like to repeat that the demise of the news media that i have been discussing has to do with the loss of respect they once held with the american people, which is certainly diminished their importance and their
brzezinski continues to argue forcibly why it matters. in his words, the cumulative effect of such widespread ignorance takes the public more susceptible to demagogic leg stimulated fear especially when aroused by a terrorist attack. that in turn increases the probability of self-destructive foreign-policy initiatives. in general, public ignorance creates an american political environment more hospitable to extremist simplifications. in an interview about this book on cbs brzezinski made it...
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>> i will lead off on brzezinski the answer would be yes. we hear an awful lot about what is failing to teach the sciences and math and i think that is demonstrably true in terms of the scores that are talked up by american students but it's equally true that in the social sciences whether they would be in pledge your history or geography that they are very much wanting to. it's interesting that she learned in high school in vermont because she had a teacher there was absolutely brilliant and learned about the government of the united states and the system and how it worked then i know many college students i have talked to ever learned. i taught the course of middlebury and then i have some students were very good who knew nothing about the japanese internet before the war to. it hadn't come up in their almost 16 years of education. so yes i think that is a major factor in the level of their i say ignorance that is out there. >> [inaudible] >> i don't want to condemn teachers because frankly good teachers as we all know can change our lives
>> i will lead off on brzezinski the answer would be yes. we hear an awful lot about what is failing to teach the sciences and math and i think that is demonstrably true in terms of the scores that are talked up by american students but it's equally true that in the social sciences whether they would be in pledge your history or geography that they are very much wanting to. it's interesting that she learned in high school in vermont because she had a teacher there was absolutely brilliant...
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his book from the shadows as well as president jimmy carter's national security adviser zbigniew brzezinski who said in an interview with nobel observatory a french magazine in one thousand nine hundred eight we drew this we wanted to draw the soviet union into afghanistan in the one nine hundred eighty s. in order to pay it back cord into them for what it did to us in vietnam so what happened was this is the same thing today on a different level it became a proxy war in which the united states used with pakistan its ally the mujahideen to fight against the soviet union and the people who suffered most far and away were the afghans today we have another form of a proxy war which has evolved into a proxy war in my view between the united states and its allies against pakistan pakistan very clearly is backing the taliban that's one thing that i learned as a prisoner they said not a shot my jailer said while i was very much afraid he would do have there were times when we had conversations and they never laid a hand on me he said. shots would be fired in afghanistan without pakistan's permissi
his book from the shadows as well as president jimmy carter's national security adviser zbigniew brzezinski who said in an interview with nobel observatory a french magazine in one thousand nine hundred eight we drew this we wanted to draw the soviet union into afghanistan in the one nine hundred eighty s. in order to pay it back cord into them for what it did to us in vietnam so what happened was this is the same thing today on a different level it became a proxy war in which the united states...
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i'm mika brzezinski and there's my view.s of normal people rather than people in the media. >> true. that's true. i like campbell. >> you know what? i remember when i first started dating dan and somebody -- you'll appreciate this. when i first started dating him someone internally said to tim russert who was my boss at the time, what are you going to do about this? and tim was like who else is she going to meet? honestly? she works 17 hours a day at the white house. who do you expect her to meet? she's going to find a nice accountant somewhere? it's not going happen. >> can i tell the story about your wedding. full disclosure, we're friends. it's true. i admit it. i'm guilty. everyone should read campbell's piece. it's funny and great and it's everything the campaign is not. gets to the heart of a difficult subject. >> we're old friends. take everything he says with a grain of salt. >> at her wedding. i don't know who handed out signs. half of the people said fox news and half held signs saying msnbc. put that to a side for
i'm mika brzezinski and there's my view.s of normal people rather than people in the media. >> true. that's true. i like campbell. >> you know what? i remember when i first started dating dan and somebody -- you'll appreciate this. when i first started dating him someone internally said to tim russert who was my boss at the time, what are you going to do about this? and tim was like who else is she going to meet? honestly? she works 17 hours a day at the white house. who do you...
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. >> ian brzezinski worked for you, and still standing. >> the republican in my family. >> very uglyiving. let's talk first of all a lot to talk about this morning, talk about sequestration. we're looking at some pretty massive cuts to defense. indiscriminate. what's your biggest concern? >> well, this was intended never to happen. and it would have significant impacts on our defense forces and we need the congress to act to take this threat overhanging the defense budget and other parts of federal spending off the table before the end of the year. >> you know over the past decade, it seems like the army, marines have been in the headlines, air force and the navy not so much. but now we're moving to another phase with drone wars and the air force may be stepping up playing a much more significant role. >> our air force has been tremendously busy in the last ten years. let me give you an example, last march we were still operating in iraq. >> right. >> supporting the war in afghanistan. we've been supporting special operations forces in running down terrorists around the world, at the
. >> ian brzezinski worked for you, and still standing. >> the republican in my family. >> very uglyiving. let's talk first of all a lot to talk about this morning, talk about sequestration. we're looking at some pretty massive cuts to defense. indiscriminate. what's your biggest concern? >> well, this was intended never to happen. and it would have significant impacts on our defense forces and we need the congress to act to take this threat overhanging the defense...
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>> there are buckets of mika brzezinski pins all over the city of tampa. >> that's disturbing. >> that'syou back here in tampa. stick around. >> not normal. [ female announcer ] the power of green coffee extract is now in our new starbucks refreshers™ -- a breakthrough in natural energy. made with real fruit, starbucks refreshers™ are delicious low calorie drinks you can feel good about. ♪ rethink how you re-energize. ♪ get a boost of natural energy with a new starbucks refreshers™, in three ways. natural energy from green coffee extract, only from starbucks.
>> there are buckets of mika brzezinski pins all over the city of tampa. >> that's disturbing. >> that'syou back here in tampa. stick around. >> not normal. [ female announcer ] the power of green coffee extract is now in our new starbucks refreshers™ -- a breakthrough in natural energy. made with real fruit, starbucks refreshers™ are delicious low calorie drinks you can feel good about. ♪ rethink how you re-energize. ♪ get a boost of natural energy with a new...
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but i just think the idea of having mika brzezinski wearing a newt university t-shirt.concerned this made the entire project worth while. this is -- i'm here to learn. >> the fact that she's here to learn is a revolutionary moment. the idea that she is -- remember she is doing this just before they go to charlotte. >> i'm so dead. ♪ >> do i get a grade? >> you do. >> okay. what's my grade? >> b-plus, would have been an a but you have to show up on time. >> oh. you made me late. >> thank you m speaker. >> thank you very much. i appreciate it. >> all right. >> she's in trouble in charlotte, isn't she? >> i enjoyed class. i learned -- oh, no. i don't remember anything. i don't remember anything. >> we have to work out a deal once in charlotte. >> okay. >> to wear a newt university t-shirt? >> in charlotte, might cut the sleeves off and make it a half shirt. >> magic moments -- >> done. such a good sport. >> she will do it and we're actually going to -- we interviewed you yesterday about energy we will run that next week in charlotte and have somebody come on. i have to say
but i just think the idea of having mika brzezinski wearing a newt university t-shirt.concerned this made the entire project worth while. this is -- i'm here to learn. >> the fact that she's here to learn is a revolutionary moment. the idea that she is -- remember she is doing this just before they go to charlotte. >> i'm so dead. ♪ >> do i get a grade? >> you do. >> okay. what's my grade? >> b-plus, would have been an a but you have to show up on time....
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brzezinski said i think your father was pressing it three years ago, we have to separate al qaeda fromp buildings in new york and washington, the taliban doesn't. and i think that still is a distinction lost on a lot of policymakers, right? why don't more reporters press these politicians? because we don't like barack obama tripling the number of troops in afghanistan. but mitt romney and paul ryan seem to want them there longer and yet we don't -- we don't hear questions on the campaign trail about afghanistan. >> i think, joe, you're right. that these issues are not paramount in the campaign, especially right now in the lead up to the conventions in that they should be pressing the president and mitt romney and some of his foreign policy advisers. >> and dan senor, i told you, blame everything on dan senor. >> well, we're going to get back to dan senor. >> 2030. >> i think it will be a focus on foreign policy. >> in the debates i'm hoping. there's a real conversation. >> there's usually one debate that has a foreign policy -- >> this would be one question, right, in one debate. >> it
brzezinski said i think your father was pressing it three years ago, we have to separate al qaeda fromp buildings in new york and washington, the taliban doesn't. and i think that still is a distinction lost on a lot of policymakers, right? why don't more reporters press these politicians? because we don't like barack obama tripling the number of troops in afghanistan. but mitt romney and paul ryan seem to want them there longer and yet we don't -- we don't hear questions on the campaign trail...
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brzezinski, your dad, said this three years ago, the taliban is not al qaeda. al qaeda wants to blow up buildings in new york city and washington, d.c. the taliban wants to be left alone to run their government by second century standards. i mean, we -- this is such a classic overreach. young americans are dying every day because of it. >> it is overreach. what's going on in afghanistan, what's going on in iraq. these were two enormous wars of choice, two enormous efforts with the united states, but in hundreds of thousands of troops to remake the societies. iraq, sectarianism is continuing. afghanistan, essentially going back to being afghanistan. >> afghanistan you'll agree with me, did not start as a war of choice. that was a war of necessity. 85% of americans would have agreed with it. >> absolutely. >> we decided we were going to rebuild it. >> big decision made early in the obama administration to triple u.s. troop levels to take on the taliban, the united states became a central player, and afghanistan civil war. that was a mistake. it wasn't necessary.
brzezinski, your dad, said this three years ago, the taliban is not al qaeda. al qaeda wants to blow up buildings in new york city and washington, d.c. the taliban wants to be left alone to run their government by second century standards. i mean, we -- this is such a classic overreach. young americans are dying every day because of it. >> it is overreach. what's going on in afghanistan, what's going on in iraq. these were two enormous wars of choice, two enormous efforts with the united...
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. >> that's a good question, brzezinski. i love when you feign ignorance. >> who are they? what is wrong with them? >> senior adviser for the obama campaign robert gibbs, he's going to join us on the set. we also have strategist rich gallon and nbc news political director homeless this week but we take him in. >> oh! >> with a warm embrace, the light's always on for chuck todd. up next, top republicans are split over the potential pick of paul ryan as mitt romney's running mate. why some are saying it would play right into the president's hand. that story in the politico playbook. first here's bill karins, he has a check on the forecast. what's it going to be looking like today out there? >> good news not so much for the mid-atlantic and northeast but for the drought area where we've been watching this developing story over the last two months. cooler air finally heading your way. yesterday was another unbelievably hot day with 100 widespread. i think this is the hottest we're probably going to see maybe until next summer. here's why. big pattern change across the country t
. >> that's a good question, brzezinski. i love when you feign ignorance. >> who are they? what is wrong with them? >> senior adviser for the obama campaign robert gibbs, he's going to join us on the set. we also have strategist rich gallon and nbc news political director homeless this week but we take him in. >> oh! >> with a warm embrace, the light's always on for chuck todd. up next, top republicans are split over the potential pick of paul ryan as mitt romney's...